Results: Wales BBC News i June, 2005 A Secretary of State for Wales sits in the UK cabinet and is responsible for representing matters that pertain to Wales.

Labour's heavy hitters have turned their backs on Holyrood because they want to sit in a UK cabinet.

If they are not careful they may find there are no Scottish MPs in the UK cabinet as Scotland slips out of the Union.

Clare Short resigns from the UK cabinet, saying that Tony Blair had reneged on promises about the role of the United Nations in the future of Iraq.

The chancellor, who briefed the UK cabinet this week on plans for a Scottish referendum, spoke out as Alex Salmond, the Scottish first minister, indicated that he would adopt a conciliatory approach in the negotiations on the proposed referendum.

Moore, a Lib Dem member of the UK cabinet, believes Scotland rightfully has a veto on the measure, and is lobbying the business secretary, Vince Cable, to reject new moves to introduce a permanent switch to what is also known as "single double summertime".

This measure was taken with great hesitation, and strong opposition on the part of several members of the UK cabinet.

The Secretary of State for Social Services was a position in the UK cabinet, created on 1 November 1968 with responsibility for the Department of Health and Social Security.

A Secretary of State for Wales sits in the UK cabinet and is responsible for representing matters pertaining to Wales.

But the UK cabinet believes that the poll should be held by the end of 2013.